Sundance Now Acquires Natalie Dormer Murder Mystery Series ‘White Lies’ For North America (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

K.J. Yossman “White Lies,” a murder mystery series starring Natalie Dormer, has been acquired by Sundance Now for North America.

A collaboration between production company Quizzical Pictures and Pan-African broadcaster M-Net in partnership with Fremantle, “White Lies” is set in the wealthy Bishopscourt neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa.

Dormer (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”) stars as an investigative journalist called Edie Hansen alongside Brendon Daniels (“Four Corners”), who plays detective Forty Bell. “Following her estranged brother’s murder in his luxury home, Edie’s world plunges deeper into chaos when her brother’s teenage children become prime suspects for the crime,” reads the logline. “As Edie investigates, she finds herself at loggerheads with veteran detective Forty Bell, and grapples with the crumbling local police force, a corrupt political system and the secretive world of extreme Cape wealth.” The eight-part series is written by Darrel Bristow-Bovey with John Trengove (“The Wound”) as lead director, alongside Catharine Cooke (Reyka) and Christiaan Olwagen (Poppie Nongena).

Dormer also exec produces the eight-episode series. U.S. and Canadian audiences will be able to watch the show exclusively on Sundance Now and AMC+. “It’s fantastic to be bringing ‘White Lies’ to the U.S.